Conversations with Artists: Reimagining the Art Ecosystem

Season finale!! As we draw this season to a close, I want to thank each and every one of my guests for their vulnerability, their insights, and their inspiring stories. Your dedication to your craft, your resourcefulness in the face of challenges, and your unique perspectives on the art ecosystem have been truly enlightening.  For those of you listening, I hope these conversations have sparked new...

Katie Bell is an artist originally from Rockford, Illinois (b. 1985). She received her BA from Knox College (Galesburg, IL) in 2008 where she studied fine art and race and gender studies. She graduated in 2011 from the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI) with an MFA in Painting. Bell has shown her work at a variety of venues including Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY), Locust Projects (Miami,...

Okay, so today’s guest is... different. Tuesday works in places where you’re *definitely* not supposed to make art — billing departments, stadium back offices, glitchy old spreadsheets, corporate zoom meetings. They’re quietly rewiring how things run, turning boring systems into creative weapons. It’s subversion, but with a creative focus on enforcing ethics. They’ve worked immersive galleries lik...

Katin is a 22-year-old artist and jewelry designer from Los Angeles, California. Inspired by her artistic upbringing, with a mother who is a professional mixed media artist, Katin has been creating her whole life. In 2020, she launched her Etsy shop, Made By Katin, where she crafts unique jewelry pieces using hand-pressed flowers and UV resin. Her flowers are sourced from her backyard, Trader Joe&...

Iman Moaddeli is a multi-medium artist with passions for theater and fiber arts. Since a child, they have been enamored with literature, stories, people, and laughter. Introduced to the theater at a young age, Iman was enraptured by musical theater throughout middle and high school in Denver, Colorado. Currently, Iman is a student at the University of San Francisco and has been featured in In the...

Today, I'm happy to introduce Troy Houldin, a artist based in Denver, Colorado who currently works at meow wolf in denver.  Troy has been doing different forms of art since elementary school and  has further carried his passion into adulthood. Art has always been something that has caught his attention because he’s found that there will always be elements to art to be curious about as art is c...

Today I have the pleasure of introducing you all to a wonderful artist and friend of mine named  Sasha… Sasha Kramer (b. 2001) is a visual artist born in Denver, CO. She primarily works with installation projects, focusing on abstract narratives. Her work raises issues of the confinements our bodies experience due to architecture, clothing, and social boundaries, and how those confinements manifes...

I'm honored to introduce someone who is very close to my heart and I've had the absolute pleasure of watching her success and growth in her field. I'm so excited to introduce you to Natalia da Silva. The artist community knows her as talia  Talia is an Afro- Latina, multimedia artist based in Denver, Colorado. Talia’s relationship to art started as a young child when she found her pass...

Today I am very excited to introduce my very first guest Jessica Shymkiw. Zecca is an artist based in Wheat Ridge, Colorado and was initially given this name by her brother upon being brought home from the hospital. In connection to the younger version of herself, Zecca still goes by this name because similar to many artists, at heart she feels as though she has never truly grown up.  Currently Ze...

Hi! Welcome to my podcast conversations with artists: reimagining the art ecosystem, a podcast that centers creators' experiences across the nation! Hear the raw voices of artists confronting the challenges of today's art world as we delve into the complex relationships between artists and their materials. we will also be focusing on the existing struggles with waste and reuse, and how sus...